Stoermeropterus

Stoermeropterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid from the Silurian period in Europe and North America classified as part of the Moselopteridae family. The genus contains three species, S. conicus and S. latus from Ringerike, Norway and S. nodosus from West Virginia.[1]

Stoermeropterus
Temporal range:
Life restoration of S. conicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: †Eurypterida
Superfamily: †Moselopteroidea
Family: †Moselopteridae
Genus: †Stoermeropterus
Lamsdell, 2011
Type species
†Stoermeropterus conicus
Laurie, 1892
Species
  • †S. conicus Laurie, 1892
  • †S. latus Størmer, 1934
  • †S. nodosus Kjellesvig-Waering & Leutze, 1966

See also

References
  1. Dunlop, J. A., Penney, D. & Jekel, D. 2015. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch , version 16.0 http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/resources/fossils/Fossils16.0.pdf (PDF).


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